The Right Labor Market Policies Can Ease the Green Jobs Transition
Measures include job training, tax credits for lower-income workers, green infrastructure and R&D investment push, and a carbon tax.
Top 10 Blogs of 2021 Show Breadth of Global Policy Challenges
The arc of 2021, from tentative recovery to resurgent uncertainty, may feel like more of a circle for many around the world who are understandably weary of the pandemic and eager for a return to normal.
IMF Podcasts: The Year in Review
The past year has brought us new challenges even as the old ones persist. If anything, the ongoing pandemic has taught us to think differently about tackling the challenges and questions we currently face when it comes to big issues like climate change, gender equality, inflation and economic measurement.
Metals Demand From Energy Transition May Top Current Global Supply
The clean energy transition needed to avoid the worst effects of climate change could unleash unprecedented metals demand in coming decades, requiring as much as 3 billion tons.
Soaring Metal Prices May Delay Energy Transition
Clean energy needs may cause years of high prices for copper, nickel, cobalt, and lithium under a net-zero emissions scenario.
Not Yet on Track: Climate Threat Demands More Ambitious Global Action
New IMF analysis shows gaps in ambition and policy needed to achieve emissions curbs that contain global warming.
How Investment Funds Can Drive the Green Transition
Sustainable investment funds need to be scaled up to support a successful transition to a green economy.
The Climate Issue
By Gita Bhatt
In Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises, a character is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” he answers. “Gradually, then suddenly.” […]
Managing the Political Economy of Climate Change Policies
By Davide Furceri, Michael Ganslmeier, and Jonathan D. Ostry
Few issues have sparked more attention than how to avoid environmental and human catastrophe from climate change. […]
Reaching Net Zero Emissions
By Florence Jaumotte and Gregor Schwerhoff
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Português, Русский
Climate action is gaining momentum. Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries have intensified climate action and many have committed to reach net zero emissions by 2050, meaning that any additional carbon emissions will be offset completely by carbon emissions withdrawn from the atmosphere. […]